Hi Anne,

We're in Ottawa, Ontario and the RTX would be covered by the health care system up here. They pay for anything like that. RTX was mentioned, but for some reason, the treatment plan ended up being cyclophosphamide instead. There is actually a CANVASC team here in Ottawa -- and I'm going to try to have treatment switched to that -- Dr. Milman is the head of it. One of my relatives has some serious form of vasculitis and was treated by Dr. Milman and did well. Dr. McCormick was on the team that initially diagnosed my mom (He is also on the Canvasc team for this region). I am hoping to connect with him again now that it looks like the Imuran is just doing harm. I will pursue all of this in the coming days if possible. Thanks for your input and encouragement.